Nearly 1,000 fish were found dead in Withrow Creek and the Beach Fork River near the Barton 1792 distillery in Bardstown, according to officials with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.

State environmental officials said they will fine Sazerac Inc., parent company of the distillery, up to $25,000 per day after alcohol was discovered to be contaminating the bodies of water.

The state intends to cite the company “for failure to report a release and the pollution of waters,” said John Mura, director of communications for the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.

Half the building was still intact after the collapse in Bardstown.

Sazerac has not responded to repeated CNN requests for comment.

The dead fish were mostly minnows, but state inspectors also found smaller numbers of catfish, suckers, darters, gar and small largemouth bass, Mura said. Some nearby residents posted images of dead fish to social media.

Test results from water samples collected by the state in the days following the collapse are still pending.